Improvement in gavel-forks



THOMAS R. GEORGE, OF WEST DRYDEN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 96,794, dated .November 16, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAVEL-FORKS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whomv it lmay concern Be it known that I, THOMAS It. GEORGE, ofWest Dryden, Tompkins county, New York, have invented an ImprovedGavel-Fork; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof.

Figure 1 is a view, looking down ou the -concave front of the fork.

Figure 2 is a side and partially sectional view, further showing theconstruction thereof.

My object is mainly to improve the forks used in harley and in gavels,by giving them broad head-pieces, straight, but deeply-concave tines, anvangular set of the handle to the head, a firm fixture of the tines inthe head, by an angle at the point of junction, and by the combinedarrangement and construction ofthe whole. l

The modes ,by which I accomplish lthis are seen, as I describe my fork.

In fig. 1, A is the handle, B the head, which are braced by the rods C'O", and strapped by the lnetal hand D, and the head is strengthened bythe metal cap E; and F', F, F, and F .are the tines, inserted throughthe head, with a sharp angle next to the head, and with .a deepconcavity next succeeding, and a point nearly straight. The band D actsas a brace in the rear.

'In fig. 2, the same facts are seen.

The uses and advantages of my fork are apparent to those' skilled in theart t0 which it apper'tains.

Claims.

1. The combination and arrangement of a gave]- fork, formed by theconcave tines F, their angular bend at and resting on the head B,horizontal inser-l Witnesses :k

SAMUEL J. PARKER, JOHN G. KIMBERLIN.

